Digibarn Furniture: Couch from Xerox PARC, CSL (Bill English)

Digibarn Furniture:
Couch from Xerox PARC, CSL (Bill English)

Thanks to Nick Briggs of Parc (formerly Xerox Palo Alto Research Center) for the donation of this lovely Stendig sectional "caterpillar" style leather couch. This couch was purchased by Bill English, probably in 1975, to be placed in the open area near his office in the Computer Science Laboratory (CSL). I think of this as a logical brother to the famous "bean bag chairs" of 1970s PARC. This couch would have seated many "famous asses" in computer science and other fields during the critical idea formation years of 1970s PARC.

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Digibarn Virtual Visitors write:
by bdamer on 2007-12-01 21:11:14 Well, we sat on this couch on numerous occasions vising Xerox PARC!
by a3 on 2007-12-04 15:53:38 no way that'll fit in my house..
by BAAS AL on 2008-04-21 10:09:01 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF FURNITURE! WHERE CAN I PURCHASE ONE? ARE THE SUPPLIERS A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY? REGARDS, ALROY WELSH.

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